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African Life and Customs

African Life and Customs

Blyden, Edward Wilmot

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Black American StudiesGeneral Sociology

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ISBN10: 0933121431
ISBN13: 9780933121430
Publisher: Black Classic Press
Published: Apr 1 1994
Pages: 96
Weight: 0.31
Height: 0.32 Width: 5.35 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
In African Life and Customs, Blyden examined the culture of pure Africans-- those untouched by European and Asiatic influences. He identified the family as the basic unit in African society and polygamy as the foundation of African families. He described African social systems as cooperative; everyone worked for each other. No one went without work, food, or clothing. Blyden challenged white racial theorists who held Africans were inferior and whose arguments supported their preconceived ideas. He assumed Africans to be distinct rather than inferior, and he analyzed African culture within the context of African social experiences.

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